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National Academy for Aviation Security

Where does Pakistan stand

on the
National spectrum
Institute of Management,of SDGs?
Quetta
______Mid-Career Management Course
Name: Najeebullah Khan ( OMG)

Sponsor Faculty : Mr. Khalid Mehmood Lashari

Course: 34th MCMC

Venue NAAS karachi

Date: 13 July, 2023

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Sequence of Presentation
Objectives
Scope
Currency of the topic
Introduction
Issues and Challenges
Analysis
Conclusion
Recommendations
References and Sources
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Objectives

To describe SDGs and highlight their significance for Pakistan

To determine the global and regional standing of Pakistan on SDGs in 2022

To highlight and discuss the performance of Pakistan on its 7 priority SDGs

To identify Issues and challenges leading to modest performance of Pakistan in achieving SDGs

To suggest or explore possible solutions to handle SDGs in future

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Scope
• Global and regional standing of
Pakistan on the spectrum of
SDGs according to SDR 2022
• The progress of Pakistan on its
own “ Priority-1” SDG goals in
terms of composite Index via
rating and trend not numbers

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledevelopment.report/
2022/2022-sustainable-development-report.pdf
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Currency of the Topic

25th April 2022 8th May 2022

https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/955905-
https://www.dawn.com/news/1686708 pakistans-progress-on-sdgs
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Introduction
• SDGs are set of 17 Goals and 169 indicators
• Adopted as “2030 agenda for sustainable
development”

• Built on MDGs with new areas

• Universal call to action to end poverty and

work on 5Ps
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Historical Background
“Sustainable development is development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs”
 169 Indicators
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Importance for Pakistan

MOU-Implementation of SDGs as National Goals

Graduation to Upper Middle Income country

Unanimous parliamentary approval as development plan

UN Resident Coordinator, Neil Buhne and the

Federal Minister Planning, Development and
Reform, Ahsan Iqbal signed a MoU for the SDGs and Vision 2025
implementation of the SDGs in October 2015.—
Photo courtesy: UNDP
https://www.sdgpakistan.pk/accessed on 13th July 2022
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Coordination and monitoring Mechanism

Planning Development and Special Initiatives
SDG section

SDG Unit
Federal

Area government

Provincial

Parliamentary Task forces

Federal

Provincial

Sub committee of NEC

https://www.sdgpakistan.pk/web/about Accesses on 14th July 2022

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Global and regional standing of Pakistan on SDGs

2022 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (unsdsn.org) Accessed on 16th July, 2022

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Issues and Challenges

No mainstreaming of SDGs in plans and polices

Policy formulation in silos

Non alignment of financial flows and resource allocations

Weak data ecosystem and monitoring

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Issues and Challenges Contd…

Lack of sufficient SDGs awareness among rising population

Lack of effective local government

Lack of in-house technical expertise and capacities

Lack of international financing*

*The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2021.pdf (un.org)Accessed on 16th July, 2022

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Analysis

2022 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (unsdsn.org) Accessed on 16th July, 2022

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Analysis Contd…
COUNTRY SCORE ON SDGs IN EAST AND SOUTH ASIA
80
74.13 72.76 72.38 71.72 71.03 70.49 70.38 70.03 69.16
70 67.1 66.64 66.18
64.27 64.22 63.75 63.51 63.39
60.32 59.34
60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Overall score

Thailand Vietnam China Singapore Maldives Bhutan Malaysia

Sri Lanka Indonesia Brunei Darussalam Philippines Nepal Myanmar Bangladesh
Cambodia Mongolia Lao PDR India Pakistan

Source: https://dashboards.sdgindex.org/rankings Accessed on 14th July 2022

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Analysis Contd…
Ranking of Pakistan on SDGs among East and South Asian States
140

125
121
120
109 111
107
103 104
100 98
93 95

82
80 76
70 72
67
60
60 55 56

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Source: https://dashboards.sdgindex.org/rankings Accessed on 14th July 2022

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Analysis Contd…
Priority SDGs of Pakistan Ratings Trend

Major Challenges Score stagnating

remain

Major Challenges Score stagnating

remain

Major Challenges Score stagnating

remain

2022 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (unsdsn.org) Accessed on 16th July, 2022

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Priority SDGs Ratings Trend

Major Challenges remain Score stagnating

Major Challenges remain Score stagnating

Major Challenges remain Score moderately improving

Major Challenges remain Score moderately improving

2022 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (unsdsn.org) Accessed on 16th July, 2022

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2022 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (unsdsn.org) Accessed on 16 th July, 2022

sdgs-but-many-challenges-ahead (Accessed on 13th July, 2022)
[2]
Aspects of SDGs Pakistan Bangladesh

https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/development/2021/09/21/bangladesh-performing-well-in-fulfilling-
SDG index score 59.34 64.22

SDG index rank 125/163 104/163

Tiers of the government Federal, Provincial and Local National and Local
(In effective local governments) (effective local governments)

High level statements No Yes

Governments’ Low SDG commitment Moderate SDG commitment

( 40-50) (50-65)
Commitments and Efforts
for the SDGs scores

National SDG monitoring No ( online reporting) Yes

Data ecosystem Needs improvement Better than Pakistan

   
Internalization of SDGs Low level of internalization High level of internalization
 Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age (%, 2019)
60

51.7
50

40
37.6
34.7
33.5 33.1 32.4
31.5 30.8 30.3
30 28
26.7
23.8
21.8
19.7 19.1
20
17.3
15.3
13.4

10 9.4

4.8 4.4

0
Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age (%, 2019)

Timor-Leste Pakistan India Bhutan Lao PDR Cambodia Nepal

Indonesia Philippines Bangladesh Myanmar Vietnam Malaysia Brunei Darussalam
Korea, Dem. Rep. Sri Lanka Maldives Thailand Mongolia China Singapore

TARGET= 0- UNICEF
 Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births, 2020)
70

65.2

60

50

44.1 43.7
42.3

40

32.6

30 29.1
28.2 27.6
26.4 25.7
23
20.9
20
16.5
15.4

11.5
10 8.7 8.6
7.3 6.9 6.5

2.2

0
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births, 2020)

Pakistan Lao PDR Myanmar Timor-Leste India Bangladesh Nepal

Bhutan Philippines Cambodia Indonesia Vietnam Korea, Dem. Rep. Mongolia
Brunei Darussalam Thailand Malaysia China Sri Lanka Maldives Singapore

TARGET= 3- UNICEF
 Life expectancy at birth (years, 2019)
90
83.22
79.59
80 77.7 77.43 76.87
74.72 74.32 74.25 73.74 73.11 72.63
71.31 70.88 70.79 70.43 70.12 69.62 69.13 68.51
70 68.1
65.61

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2019)

Singapore Maldives Thailand China Sri Lanka Malaysia Brunei Darussalam Bangladesh Vietnam Bhutan Korea, Dem. Rep.
Indonesia Nepal India Philippines Cambodia Timor-Leste Myanmar Lao PDR Mongolia Pakistan

TARGET= 82- WHO

 Lower secondary completion rate (%, 2020)
120

111.18 110.99

100.16 99.52 99.46

100 97.96 97.66
94.79
90.81 89.97
87.97
85.19 85.08 84.92 84.58 83.09
80

64.78
62
60 58.16

48.97

40

20

0
Lower secondary completion rate (%, 2020)

Maldives Brunei Darussalam Singapore China Nepal Sri Lanka Vietnam Mongolia Timor-Leste Indonesia
Bangladesh Thailand Bhutan Malaysia India Philippines Myanmar Lao PDR Cambodia Pakistan

TARGET= 100- UNESCO

 Literacy rate (% of population aged 15 to 24, 2020)
120

100 99.93 99.78 99.78 99.71 99.07 98.97 98.75 98.63

100 98.39 98.14 96.78 95.42 94.46 93.09 92.46 92.39 92.21 91.66

83.54
80
72.7

60

40

20

0
Literacy rate (% of population aged 15 to 24, 2020)

Korea, Dem. Rep. Singapore China Indonesia Brunei Darussalam Mongolia Sri Lanka
Maldives Vietnam Philippines Thailand Malaysia Myanmar Bangladesh
Bhutan Lao PDR Nepal Cambodia India Timor-Leste Pakistan

TARGET= 100- UNESCO

 Freshwater withdrawal (% of available freshwater resources, 2018)
140

120 118.24

100
90.79

82.02
80

66.49

60

43.22
40
29.7 28.66 28.27 27.74
23.01
20 18.13
15.67
8.31
5.8 5.72 4.77 3.47 3.44 3.4
1.41 1.04
0
Freshwater withdrawal (% of available freshwater resources, 2018)

Pakistan Sri Lanka Singapore India China Indonesia Philippines

Timor-Leste Korea, Dem. Rep. Thailand Vietnam Maldives Nepal Myanmar
Bangladesh Lao PDR Brunei Darussalam Malaysia Mongolia Bhutan Cambodia

TARGET= 15- FAO

 Population using at least basic sanitation services (%, 2020)
120

100 99.58 99.16 98.71

100 96.35
93.65 92.38
89.25
86.46
84.67
82.26
79.48
80 76.61 76.51
73.64
71.27
68.77 68.4 67.74

60 56.77
54.17

40

20

0
Population using at least basic sanitation services (%, 2020)

Singapore Malaysia Maldives Thailand Brunei Darussalam Sri Lanka China

Vietnam Indonesia Korea, Dem. Rep. Philippines Lao PDR Nepal Bhutan
Myanmar India Cambodia Pakistan Mongolia Timor-Leste Bangladesh

TARGET= 100- JMP

 Population with access to electricity (%, 2019)
120

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.9 99.4 99.13 98.85
100 97.82
95.63 94.72
93 92.2
89.9

80
73.91
68.36

60

49.37

40

20

0
Population with access to electricity (%, 2019)

Brunei Darussalam Bhutan China Lao PDR Sri Lanka Maldives Malaysia
Singapore Thailand Vietnam Mongolia Indonesia India Philippines
Timor-Leste Cambodia Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Myanmar Korea, Dem. Rep.

TARGET= 100- SE4All

 Unemployment rate (% of total labor force, ages 15+, 2022)
8

7.4

6.24

5.38
5.22 5.19
5.02 4.95
5 4.84
4.71
4.39 4.36
4.2 4.2
3.94
4

2.35 2.31 2.25 2.2

2

1.26
0.97
1
0.58

0
Unemployment rate (% of total labor force, ages 15+, 2022)

Brunei Darussalam Mongolia India Maldives Nepal Bangladesh Sri Lanka

Timor-Leste China Bhutan Indonesia Malaysia Pakistan Singapore
Philippines Myanmar Vietnam Korea, Dem. Rep. Lao PDR Thailand Cambodia

TARGET= .5- ILO

 Fundamental labor rights are effectively guaranteed (worst 0–1 best,
2020)
0.8

0.73

0.7

0.64
0.63 0.63
0.6
0.6
0.56 0.55
0.51
0.5 0.49 0.49
0.47
0.45 0.44

0.4

0.33
0.31
0.3

0.2

0.1

0
Fundamental labor rights are effectively guaranteed (worst 0–1 best, 2020)

Singapore Indonesia Malaysia Vietnam Sri Lanka Nepal Mongolia Thailand India Myanmar Cambodia Bangladesh Philippines Pakistan China

TARGET= .85- WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT

 Property Rights (worst 1-7 best, 2020)
7
6.45

5.33 5.31

5 4.79
4.42 4.39 4.32 4.27 4.19 4.18
4.01 3.98
4 3.9 3.87
3.72
3.58

0
Property Rights (worst 1-7 best, 2020)

Singapore Malaysia China Indonesia Vietnam Philippines Brunei Darussalam Thailand Sri Lanka Cambodia Nepal Bangladesh Lao PDR Pakistan India Mongolia

TARGET= 6.25- WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

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Conclusion

“SDGs is the blue print for development and national goal of Pakistan;
however, its performance and standing on the spectrum of SDGs is not
satisfactory. In order to avoid  17 socio-economic risks in future, it is
high time for the government to seriously work on issues and
challenges and achieve the goals for progress and prosperity of the
nation”
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Recommendations
Localization of SDGs in plans and polices and mainstreaming in national discourse

Uniformity and interprovincial and federal coordination and collaboration

Alignment of financial flows and resource allocations

Technology and strong data ecosystem

Awareness, global best practices and participatory form of governance

Effective local government, Devolution and Equitable development

Capacity building and promoting technical expertise

Consistencies of government, policies and strong institutions

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References
• https://www.sdgpakistan.pk/ accessed on 13th July, 2022
• https://www.pc.gov.pk/uploads/vision2025/Pakistan-Vision-2025.pdf accessed
on 13th July, 2022
• Sustainable Development Report, 2022,
• https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledevelopment.report/2022/2022-sustaina
ble-development-report.pdf
Accessed on 13th July, 2022
• https://www.sdgpakistan.pk/web/about accessed on 13th July, 2022
• Population Census | Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (pbs.gov.pk) Accessed on 18th
July, 2022
• https://www.finance.gov.pk/survey/chapters_21/10-Education.pdf Accessed on
13th July, 2022
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References
• 2022 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (unsdsn.org) Accessed on
18th July, 2022
• https://www.sdgpakistan.pk/ Accessed on 13th July, 2022
• https://www.sdg.gov.bd/ Accessed on 13th July, 2022
• https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/development/2021/09
/21/bangladesh-performing-well-in-fulfilling-sdgs-but-many-challenge
s-ahead
(Accessed on 13th July, 2022)
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References
• https://www.dawn.com/news/1284960 ( accessed on 9th July, 2022)
• https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/955905-pakistans-progress-
on-sdgs
accessed on 9th July, 2022
• https://www.dawn.com/news/1686708 Accessed on 9th July, 2022
• https://dashboards.sdgindex.org/rankings Accessed on 14th July
2022
Thank you!